Cladodus elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cladoselachiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Holocephali Ordo: Cladoselachiformes

Familia: †Cladoselachidae
Genus: †Cladodus
Species: †Cladodus elegans

Name

Cladodus elegans Newberry & Worthen, 1870

Synonyms:

• Cladodus intercostatus St John & Worthen, 1875
• Cladodus mucronatus Davis, 1883

Distribution

Europe

• Scotland

Temporal range: Carboniferous

References

• Newberry, J.S. & Worthen, A.H. 1870. Geology and Palaeontology. Descriptions of fossil vertebrates. Geological Survey of Illinois 4: 343–374. Reference page. 
• Duffin, C.J. & Ginter, M. 2006. Comments on the selachian genus Cladodus Agassiz, 1843. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2): 253–266. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[253:COTSGC]2.0.CO;2 . Reference page. 
• Ginter, M. & Maisey, J.G. 2007. The Braincase and Jaws of Cladodus from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland. Palaeontology, March 2007, Volume 50, Issue 2, pages 305–322, DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00633.x. Reference page.